Stronger Families and Communities Strategy
National Evaluation
SFCS Network resources
Communities for Children Forum - November 2007
Presentations from the two days of the CfC forum are available to download.
Communities for Children NGO Forum - September 2006
Presentations from the two days of the CfC forum are available on a CD in PDF format.
Communities for Children NGO Forum and Invest to Grow Meeting - March 2006
Presentations from the two days of the CfC forum and the ItG meeting are available on a CD in PDF format.
Demographic Profiles
This profile provides demographic information about children, families and the general population in Australia. Within the National Evaluation of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy, this information will be used as a national baseline comparison to help identify changing demographic trends in Communities for Children sites.
Workers in Communities for Children areas may find it useful to consider trends affecting children and families nationally, compared to those affecting their community.
Download 'Australia - Demographic Profile' (PDF, 208K)
For additional information on family trends please see David de Vaus' Diversity and change in Australian families: statistical profiles, published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides statistics on a range of themes to assist and encourage informed decision making, research and discussion within governments and the community.
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Statistics specific to families and communities
Family composition and structure is in a constant state of change. Family statistics measure aspects of this change and are important social indicators. They provide insight into the patterns of marriage, partnering, family formation and separation as well as parental care, visiting arrangements and child support. This page acts as a guide to various statistical collections and publications relating to the family and to communities. It also provides links to ABS Contacts who can provide assistance in obtaining data and answer general queries.
Australian Social Trends 2008 is the 15th edition of an annual series that presents information on contemporary social issues and areas of public policy concern. Australian Social Trends describes aspects of Australian society, and how these are changing over time.